The Ambassador of Sweden to Czechoslovakia (known formally as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Czechoslovakia) was the official representative of the government of Sweden to the president of Czechoslovakia and government of Czechoslovakia.

History On 24 October 1919, the King in Council decided to recognize the Czechoslovak Republic as an independent and sovereign state.

In 1933, the Swedish government proposed cost-cutting measures within the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. For Prague, this meant that Sweden kept its diplomatic mission, but temporarily left the post of envoy vacant and had the mission headed instead by a lower-ranking diplomat serving as chargé d'affaires ad interim.

In September 1959, an agreement was reached between the Swedish and the Czechoslovak governments on the mutual elevation of the respective countries' legations to embassies. The diplomatic rank was thereafter changed to ambassador instead of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary.

List of representatives NamePeriodTitleResident / Concurrent accreditationNotesPresented credentialsRefFirst Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938)Gerhard Löwen21 January 1921 – 1932Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary5 May 1921Knut Richard Thyberg1931–1932Chargé d'affaires ad interimJoen Lagerberg1 October 1932 – 1935Chargé d'affaires ad interimJoen Lagerberg26 April 1935 – 1937EnvoyFolke Malmar26 November 1937 – 1939Envoy26 January 1938–1939–1945EnvoyNo representationThird Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948)Torsten Hammarström1945–1947EnvoyWilhelm Winther1947–1948EnvoyCzechoslovak Republic (1948–1960)Wilhelm Winther1948–1950EnvoySven Allard1951–1954EnvoyAlso accredited to BudapestCarl Olof Gisle1954 – 30 September 1959EnvoyAlso accredited to BudapestKarl Fredrik Almqvist1959–1960AmbassadorAlso accredited to BudapestCzechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960–1990)Karl Fredrik Almqvist1960–1962AmbassadorAlso accredited to BudapestHarry Bagge1963–1969AmbassadorAlso accredited to Budapest (1963–1964)Agda Rössel1969–1973AmbassadorCarl-George Crafoord1973–1976AmbassadorMarc Giron1976–1977AmbassadorSigge Lilliehöök1978–1979AmbassadorBengt Rösiö1979–1981AmbassadorOlof Skoglund1981–1984AmbassadorKarl-Vilhelm Wöhler1985–1988AmbassadorLars-Åke Nilsson1988–1991Ambassador

See also Embassy of Sweden, Prague

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